Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 0452

Moving towards the small bar at the corner of his office, he gets a small pack of ice, wraps it in a towel before corning back to me. Gently, he takes my hand and places the ice on it.

"Does it hurt?" he asks so softly that I struggle to hear him.

"A bit.."

"I didn't think you had it in you to punch someone"

I laugh because I also didn't think I had it in me. "I had enough and just acted without thinking. I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble. I shouldn't have punched her. That doesn't really portray a good image of me as the boss's wife."

He leans in and stares intensely into my eyes.

"Never ever fucking apologize for defending or standing up for yourself, Harper. You are my fucking wife, let them know you're not someone to mess with."

"I just don't get it, did you sleep with her?" I blurt out the question.

"Fuck no!" he growls.

"Then why does she think she has a hold on you? All our interaction always included her warning me away from you. She behaved like you were hers or something."

that comes from his mouth makes me turn. His brows are drawn in

with her," he all but yells. "I didn't even know the wornan

type, Gabriel?" I know I shouldn't have

me in

"You."

entire body coming

new type and that type is

need to get away from him. It's been years. There shouldn't be anything between us, yet that sizzling attraction towards him is there. It has been

me and

That I like you?

I try to clear the fog. It's like he had me under a spell or something. A

You are trying to seduce me and I don't understand why," I rasp feeling caged and

it so hard to just accept that

kidding me

didn't want me before." I breathe, my heart beating frantically. "You have to understand that what you

why it would seem that way, given our past, and I can assure you that I mean every word. You have no reason to